the fiction books I recently stress bought // book haul #09
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- aaand we're back with the second half of my stress-induced book buying fuge haul! a smaller stack this time, but definitely some books that I'm chomping at the bit to get to this summer!
let me know if you've read any of these and if so what your thoughts were on them :) or, if any of the books in this video happened to catch your eye!
first half of this book haul (non-fiction books): • sooo I stress bought a...
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Books / Video Chapters:
- Intro (0:00)
- Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson (0:42)
- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (1:39)
- The Vagabond by Colette (2:25)
- Sub Rosa by Amber Dawn (2:49)
- Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada (3:54)
- The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (4:44)
- A Spy in the House of Love by Anais Nin (5:56)
- Prague by Arthur Phillips (7:01)
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins (7:51)
- Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quincey (8:17)
- Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko (8:44)
- Transit by Anna Seghers (9:34)
- Outro (10:29)
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Wow, Sub Rosa sounds right up my alley - definitely adding to my TBR!
Definitely putting it on my summer tbr!!
I really like how you talk about backlist books that I haven't yet heard about. "Ceremony" & "The Confessions of Frannie Langton" sound very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Aaahhh, thank you!!
Oooh, just added the Jeanette Winterson book to my wish list! Her collection of ghost stories is my favorite short story collection of the year so far.
Oooh, I've been meaning to pick up her ghost story collection ever since reading Christmas days - glad to hear that you enjoyed it!!
Hey there, Lillian! Your "unhinged" and "stress-induced" fiction book haul is really bringing back some memories for me!
I read Wide Sargasso Sea a hundred years ago and I'd forgotten about it's connection to Jane Eyre. I know I have a copy of it somewhere - looks like I'm due for a reread. Ceremony also sounds really familiar to me, although I can't remember when I read it, except that it's been a long time.
Whenever I hear someone mention Tom Robbin's Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, it takes me back to 1993 or 1994 when the film version came out - I was in high school. I never saw the film and I haven't read the book, but I do remember the trailer for the film for some reason, probably because it has a memorable title.
I see that your sticker has a clear protector on it. If you'd like to remove it, you could try to slowly peel off the protector and hopefully the library barcode sticker will come along with it without damaging your beautiful book cover. If you peel off the protector and the sticker, or parts of the sticker remain and there's a sticky residue, rubbing the spot with some WD-40 on a rag or paper towel might help. And you'll want to do this outside because WD-40 has a strong odor that will dissipate after a while. I've used the WD-40 trick many times to remove sticker residue from library books and textbooks, although I can't speak to what WD-40 might do to a cover like that.
Looking forward to your thoughts on everything from your nonfiction and fiction "stress-induced" book hauls!
Oooh, I didn't realize that there'd been a film made of the Tom Robbin's book - sounds like I'll have to check it out after reading it!
Thanks for the sticker removal tip! It's a cloth bound book so I'm especially nervous about trying to get the sticker off for fear of it pulling up some of the gorgeous illustration painted on :'( might be brave enough to give it a go eventually!
I'm definitely going to need to pack a separate bag to bring all of these books with me to the beach at the end of July!
nice video
Thanks!
It seems criminal to whack a sticker on the front cover of a beautifully embossed hardcover with ink design, doesn't it? For more glossy paperbacks or dust jackets I use eucalyptus oil and the sticker residue comes right off. I know other people use things like rubbing alcohol, Un-Du, Goo Gone, lighter fluid, to name a few but I would be nervous using those on a matte-like more porous hardcover with ink and embossing in case it lifts the ink, plus I tend to use what I already have in the house. You can use a hairdryer if you have one, on a medium heat, which will make the residue under the sticker more cooperative. When peeling, always pull backwards as close to the surface as possible, and not upwards. After carefully removing as much of the sticker as possible, you can use a kneaded/kneadable eraser very gently to get off the rest of the residue.
I love the colour palette of that edition of Wide Sargasso Sea. Can you believe I've never read Jane Eyre?
The only one on this list I've read is Christmas Days. I have Even Cowgirls get the Blues on my shelf but I haven't read it yet. I've read a few other Tom Robbins though and enjoyed them - Jitterbug Perfume, Half Asleep in Frog Pyjamas, Wild Ducks Flying Backwards. TR is very witty!
Jeanette Winterson has a great speaking voice so she's absolutely the right person to narrate her own books. I highly recommend watching on youtube a talk that she did at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Writers Festival in 2012. You can find it either titled "An Evening with Jeanette Winterson" on the youtube channel The Monthly, or "Jeanette Winterson at Sydney Opera House | Sydney Writers' Festival 2012" on the youtube channel Sydney Writers' Festival.
I just started reading a graphic novel, Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp. It's set in a fantasy world about a printer's apprentice, publishing, whistle-blowing, it's got queer rep and disability rep, and I'm so here for all of those things. It's amazing how much time it can take to get through certain graphic novels, because I spend so much time looking at all the details of the art/illustrations because it's so immersive.
Thanks for the suggestions, Jensha! It feels truly criminal, especially when it's a clothbound book :'( I haven't been brave enough to attempt removing it yet, but perhaps this weekend I'll give it a go.
Glad to hear that about Tom Robbins, it felt like a slight gamble since I'd never heard of him prior to picking up the book!
I read Jane Eyre in college and enjoyed it, but definitely feel like I could do with a reread - I can't remember if it's a book I genuinely enjoyed on it's own, or I enjoyed getting to pick it apart in class discussions and papers.